Started by Anya Petrova (@anya_p) ·
the Barbican took 20+ years to build and it shows (positively)
Went for a concert, got lost for 40 minutes (everyone does, there are yellow lines on the floor to help), went home and read about it until 2am.
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How I got here
- Started with
- “barbican estate history”
- Ended at
- Brutalist architecture
The Trail
- “barbican estate history” (google.com)
- Barbican Estate (en.wikipedia.org)
- Chamberlin, Powell and Bon (en.wikipedia.org)
- Golden Lane Estate (en.wikipedia.org)
same architects, earlier, right next door
- Barbican Centre (en.wikipedia.org)
- Brutalist architecture (en.wikipedia.org)
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